🏈 🔥 Hot Seat 2025 / Coaching Carousel: Alabama adds key personnel "behind the scenes."

[24and7]

Wonder why everybody's overlooking Lance Leipold..He has made Kansas a very respectable team..

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Wonder why everybody's overlooking Lance Leipold..He has made Kansas a very respectable team..

Who is overlooking him? He could be and probably is, on several AD lists. Same for a guy like Matt Campbell. And many others.

 

[24and7]

Who is overlooking him? He could be and probably is, on several AD lists. Same for a guy like Matt Campbell. And many others.

Yep... Penn State should call him... it seems like his name has cooled as of late in the press..

 

[Scrape&Search1032]

What happened with Rhule?

A name to watch for Penn State is Pat Fitzgerald. He’s going to be back coaching soon and that’s a job that would fit him well.

He's been adamant about staying at Nebraska. So I'm just throwing him out until proven otherwise, which could happen.

Pat Fitzgerald would be a great hire in my opinion, but seeing it from Penn State's perspective.... people may not be too thrilled about that hire.

 

[tide92]

"He's been adamant about staying at Nebraska. So I'm just throwing him out until proven otherwise, which could happen."

So was Saban about coming to Alabama

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

He's been adamant about staying at Nebraska. So I'm just throwing him out until proven otherwise, which could happen.

Pat Fitzgerald would be a great hire in my opinion, but seeing it from Penn State's perspective.... people may not be too thrilled about that hire.

Ok. I've seen a good bit of Rhule's answers to the questions, but I've not seen anything that makes me think he wouldn't take it or at least seriously consider it if the job was offered. IMO, he's done a masterful job though answering the questions, which is nearly impossible to do authentically. But, as I mentioned the other day, and you pointed out on Fitzgerald, he may have missed his window, at least in terms of needed support. Had this happened a few years ago, he'd have been a stone cold lock for the spot.

But if they did go with Fitzgerald, they could do it soon and he could go ahead and start working on next season's roster (recruiting and retaining) and building a staff on paper.... basically working as a GM while an interim coach takes over on the field the rest of the way.

 

[Scrape&Search1032]

There's no way, right?

 

[Scrape&Search1032]

I don't know the full context behind this quote, but reading this irked me quite a bit.

 

[OldPlayer]

Wow.


$11.6 million to coach Indiana?? He would be an absolute fool to leave that job.

That’s the average across the length of the contract. I haven’t seen the year-by-year but the backend can really raise the average.

 

[Scrape&Search1032]

I don't know the full context behind this quote, but reading this irked me quite a bit.

Watched the clip, still irked.

 

[Justneedme81]

I don't know the full context behind this quote, but reading this irked me quite a bit.

 

[OldPlayer]

He's been adamant about staying at Nebraska. So I'm just throwing him out until proven otherwise, which could happen.

Pat Fitzgerald would be a great hire in my opinion, but seeing it from Penn State's perspective.... people may not be too thrilled about that hire.

Rhule has a clause in his contract that says if he, or anyone involved with his contract (his agent or employed/contracted by his agent) has a conversation with a team looking for a coach it must be disclosed to the AD immediately.

 

[Scrape&Search1032]

I've seen it, and I did not like what I heard. Lol.

 

[Justneedme81]

I've seen it, and I did not like what I heard. Lol.

I mean.... Eh.

 

[Scrape&Search1032]

I mean.... Eh.

I get his point, but still....

 

[Kamikazi18627]

I’m surprised Drinkwitz doesn’t get more chatter. I know he makes $9 mill a year. Not sure what his buyout is. Just seems like he would get snipped up by one of the bigger programs sooner than later.

To me, he’s really put Missouri on the map.

 

[Scrape&Search1032]

Lol, some fans are getting really desperate.

 

[mando]

Lol, some fans are getting really desperate.

It depends on how they play to some degree but a loss this weekend against the Viles could easily put CKD right back where he was after the FSU loss. Just the nature of this profession especially at a place that demands excellence.

 

[Justneedme81]

It depends on how they play to some degree but a loss this weekend against the Viles could easily put CKD right back where he was after the FSU loss. Just the nature of this profession especially at a place that demands excellence.

Damn. That's horrible ....

 

[TerryP]

$15 million. Which is nothing if another school wants him and he wants them.

That's not what I read yesterday. If he were fired the number was guaranteed; just south of 100 million. That said, I haven't had time to read much of anything the last few days.